Collection 5: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act 2

As you read Act 2 of William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Macbeth," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 10's Collection 5: Why Read Shakespeare?, Macbeth, Act 1, Macbeth, Act 2, Macbeth, Act 3, Macbeth, Act 4, Macbeth, Act 5, Holinshed's Chronicles, The Macbeth Murder Mystery
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  1. husbandry
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  2. summons
    an order to appear in person at a given place and time
  3. largesse
    liberality in bestowing gifts
  4. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
  5. cleave
    stick or hold together and resist separation
  6. consent
    permission to do something
  7. augment
    enlarge or increase
  8. palpable
    capable of being perceived
  9. oppressed
    burdened psychologically or mentally
  10. marshal
    lead ceremoniously, as in a procession
  11. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  12. fatal
    bringing death
  13. surfeit
    indulge (one's appetite) to satiety
  14. posset
    sweet spiced hot milk curdled with ale or beer
  15. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  16. ravel
    disentangle or separate out
  17. labor
    productive work, especially physical work done for wages
  18. gild
    decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
  19. incarnadine
    redden or make pinkish
  20. constancy
    the quality of being enduring and free from change
  21. unattended
    lacking accompaniment or a guard or escort
  22. Beelzebub
    chief spirit of evil and adversary of God
  23. expectation
    anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
  24. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear
  25. requite
    make repayment for or return something
  26. timely
    before a period expires when something must be done
  27. physic
    a purging medicine
  28. Gorgon
    (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
  29. counterfeit
    a copy that is represented as the original
  30. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  31. mortality
    the quality or state of being subject to death
  32. lees
    the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
  33. breach
    an opening, especially a gap in a dike or fortification
  34. frailty
    the state of being weak in health or body
  35. exposure
    abandoning without shelter or protection
  36. scruple
    an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
  37. pretense
    the act of giving a false appearance
  38. consort
    keep company with
  39. warrant
    formal and explicit approval
  40. contend
    be engaged in a fight
  41. obedience
    dutiful or submissive behavior toward another person
  42. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
  43. thriftless
    wasteful or extravagant with money or resources
  44. predecessor
    one who goes before you in time
  45. benison
    a spoken blessing
Created on Thu Jul 17 12:24:30 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:22:56 EDT 2014)

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